The 3 Principles to Supporting Special Educational Needs Students
Research in the field of special educational needs and inclusion has equipped the educational community with evidence-based practices and…
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We are in desperate need of new heroes (role-models)!
The appetizers Walking alone in the world’s strangest places, only with your backpack, that was Paul Salopek’s dream; his…
A Short Paper Proposing That We Need to Write Shorter Papers
Our current journals in language education are full of long papers. A typical journal might have, at most, five major…
George Drivas explores the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ and investigates different forms of assessment.
George Drivas studied English Literature at the University of Athens and Theoretical Linguistics at the University of Reading, UK.…
A language certificate at the age of 12, 15 or 16? What’s the point?
To answer this question, it is important to remember that FL learning is not meant to be merely a school…
TOEFL® Essentials™ Assessment: Design and development of a new test
Every new test at ETS is created through a careful design and development process. The newest addition to the TOEFL® Family…
The First Lesson: What to Do and What Not to Do
It’s that time of year again, when teachers meet new students, students meet new teachers and students meet new students.…
Μαθαίνω πώς να μαθαίνω…
Τι σημαίνει αυτό; Δεν γνωρίζουμε πώς να μαθαίνουμε; Κι όμως πολλοί δεν εφαρμόζουν αποτελεσματικές στρατηγικές μάθησης με αποτέλεσμα να σπαταλούν…
How your personal identity affects your brand identity
This article could easily have the title “ Advertising the Ogilvy way” or “Teaching the Human way” so to follow…
The strategies begin with lesson one at the start of the course
Like most teachers, I use the first lesson for a ‘getting to know you’ period to establish a harmonious classroom…